As social and economic conditions continued to get worse during the Great Depression, __________
A. private charities ran out of money, forcing the unemployed to turn to local and state governments for help
B. most unemployed Texans refused to ask outsiders for assistance
C. the overall crime rate surprisingly fell
D. the suicide rate declined slightly
C. the overall crime rate surprisingly fell
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Which of the following authors argued that the American ideal of women's "innocence" really meant their ignorance?
a. Charlotte Perkins Gilman in Women and Economics b. Edward Bliss Foote in Plain Home Talk of Love, Marriage, and Parentage c. Bessie and Marie Von Vorst in The Woman Who Toils d. Helen Campbell in Women Wage Earners e. Jane Addams in Twenty Years at Hull House
What was the central issue in the First Punic War?
a. The control of Rome by Carthage. b. To destroy the capital of Carthage as an economic center in the Mediterranean. c. The Roman general Scipio's desire to gain power in the republican government. d. Rome's hope to destroy the Carthaginian navy as a threat to its mainland. e. Rivalry for dominance over Sicily.
Between 1900 and 1920, women __________
A) increasingly found medical careers open to them B) increasingly found professional careers closed to them C) received considerable support in their quest for careers D) found opportunities for careers equal to those of men E) taught in colleges and universities in increasing numbers
What prevented Sir Walter Raleigh from delivering badly needed supplies to his second colonial venture on the island of Roanoke?
a. A blockade by the Native tribe of the Croatan. b. Political infighting at the court of Elizabeth I. c. Naval warfare with the Spanish Armada. d. English civil war.